“The senior civil
service is now totally drained physically and psychologically by
attempting to deliver the impossible with #Brexit, such that it is no
longer able to deliver the ordinary business of government."

"He paints a
picture of a political system that is consumed by an impossible goal
of securing a Brexit that is good for the UK economy, and a civil
service at war with its governing masters."

"It is an open
secret that no one will go and work in David Davis’s department
[DexEU], and Liam Fox is regarded as a semi-lunatic."

Friday, 22 December 2017

Blue passports could
put UK citizens at back of queue, EU officials say -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/22/blue-british-passports-could-mean-travel-delays-extra-paperwork
the obsession with the colour of a passport confirms the clueless
childishness of #brexiters

Fears grow across
the Atlantic over Brexit fallout -
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42315280
"fall back to World Trade Organisation rules would reduce EU FDI
inflow into the UK by about $7.8bn (£5.8bn)."

About Me

I have been a technology journalist and consultant for 30 years, covering
the Internet since March 1994, and the free software world since 1995.

One early feature I wrote was for Wired in 1997:
The Greatest OS that (N)ever Was.
My most recent books are Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, and Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine and Business.